How Is The NHS Structred? Flashcards
Prescription charge?
£9 per prescription
Prescription prepayment certificates?
3 months-£29.10
12 months- £ 104
Pharmacies and GPs submits all prescription to?
NHS business services authority
NHSBSA
Pharmacies are reimbursed directly by?
NHSBSA
GPs are reimbursed by?
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
NHSBSA
Organisation deals with finance,IT and other administrative functions
Reimburses Pharmacies
What body sets NHS budget?
HM Government
Government department lead by?
Secretary of State
Funds range of other organisations
Dermatology services paid for by?
NHS trucks and commissioned by CCGs
CCGs are
Groups of GPs which Come together in each area to commission the best revives for their patients and populations
Responsible for bout 60 % of NHS budget
Commissioning define:
Assessing the healthcare needs of a population, designing services, negotiating finances and monitoring quality
Responsible for licensing drugs for use in the UK?
THE MHRA
The medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency
Appraise clinical trials to ‘ask does the drug work and is it safe’?
MHRA
NICE : national institue for health and care excellence: main aims
1.Guidelines : reviews clinical trails to decide drug effectiveness and order that drugs should be used
2.cost effectiveness
3. Quality control: develop quality standards that commissioner can use to monitor quality of services
What is responsible for issuing guideline on drug use? And ask questions ‘is the drug more effective/safe/cheaper than exisiting?’
NICE
